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简介：In the nineteenth century, Uncle Tom's Cabin sold more copies than any book in the world except the Bible. Upon publication, it was quickly translated into thirty-seven languages and has never gone out of print. It remains a controversial and complex text that, along with David Walker's Appeal, Henry David Thoreau's Walden, W. E. B. DuBois's The Souls of Black Folk, and Helena Mar铆a Viramontes' Under the Feet of Jesus, among others, stands out as an important text in the progressive struggle for social justice in the United States. This Second Edition is based on the original 1852 book edition, published in two volumes by John P. Jewett and Company, Boston, and includes all original illustrations. The text is accompanied by a preface and detailed explanatory annotations to assist the reader with obscure historical terms and biblical allusions. Backgrounds and Contexts includes a wealth of historical documents addressing the issues of slavery and abolitionism. New visuals in the Second Edition include a selection of abolition posters and records of torture. Also newly included is J. Hector St. John de Cr猫vecoeur's eyewitness account of slavery as a visitor to the United States, a selection from David Walker's Appeal, and Henrietta King's autobiographical account of the horror of slavery. Criticism presents a balanced view of the ongoing controversy over Uncle Tom's Cabin in fifteen reviews and scholarly interpretations spanning more than 150 years of writing about the novel. Paul Laurence Dunbar, Jane P. Tompkins, and Susan M. Ryan, among others, admire Uncle Tom's Cabin for its social vision and artistry, while James Baldwin and Sophia Cantave, among others, argue that the book's racism continues to promote misperceptions and that its prominence does ongoing damage. A Chronology of Stowe's life and work, a Brief Timeline of Slavery in America, and an updated Selected Bibliography are also included.

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简介：This volume makes available three works attributed to Constantine – two of which were certainly not written by him – which are important sources for historians of the papacy, Christianity and Constantine himself. The Oration to the Saintsis an intellectual defense of Christianity, which puts the case for monotheism, extols the incarnation and voluntary abasement of the Son of God, and finally declares Constantine’s personal adherence to the Savior. The legend of the discovery of the True Cross by the empress Helena, mother of Constantine, following her conversion to Christianity is presented in translations of two variant accounts. The third text, the Edict of Constantine, presents Constantine’s supposed edict to Pope Silvester transferring lands to the papacy. An introduction considers the authorship, motivation and historical context for each of the works, and extensive annotation elucidates textual difficulties and allusions.

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简介：Kyle A. Grice, Margaret L. Scheuermann and Karen I. Goldberg: Five-Coordinate Platinum(IV) Complexes.- Jay A. Labinger and John E. Bercaw: The Role of Higher Oxidation State Species in Platinum-Mediated C-H Bond Activation and Functionalization.- Joy M. Racowski and Melanie S. Sanford: Carbon-Heteroatom Bond-Forming Reductive Elimination from Palladium(IV) Complexes.- Helena C. Malinakova: Palladium(IV) Complexes as Intermediates in Catalytic and Stoichiometric Cascade Sequences Providing Complex Carbocycles and Heterocycles.- Allan J. Canty and Manab Sharma: h1-Alkynyl Chemistry for the Higher Oxidation States of Palladium and Platinum.- David C. Powers and Tobias Ritter: Palladium(III) in Synthesis and Catalysis.- Marc-Etienne Moret: Organometallic Platinum(II) and Palladium(II) Complexes as Donor Ligands for Lewis-Acidic d10 and s2 Centers.

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简介：Schon der Umschlag ist ein Blickfang: Das monumentale Verwaltungsgeb?ude der kubanischen Telefongesellschaft, ein Architektentraum in Rosa und Altwei?, ein stolz in die H?he ragender Turm vor dem weiten, blauen Himmel Havannas. Es st?rt den gro?artigen Eindruck nicht im mindesten, da? der Traum lange ausgetr?umt, der Putz verblichen, die Fassade von jahrzehntelanger Vernachl?ssigung verrottet und angefressen ist. In seiner gro?artigen Vereinzelung sieht das Geb?ude aus wie ein Relikt aus einer anderen Welt. Hans Engels ist ein ungew?hnlich zurückhaltender Fotograf. Was h?tte n?her gelegen, als die Altstadt Havannas in romantisch pittoresken Ensembleaufnahmen nach Art von Hochglanzreisemagazinen vorzuführen? Engels dagegen beschr?nkt sich auf einzelne Geb?ude, die er denkbar unspektakul?r, meist frontal, nahezu ohne Menschen abgelichtet hat. Er nutzt weder Weitwinkelobjektive, noch ungew?hnliche Perspektiven oder effektvolle Anschnitte, mit denen Architekturfotografen normalerweise gerne arbeiten. Dementsprechend ruhig wirken seine Bilder, und das kommt den Motiven zugute. Die über 900 denkmalgeschützten Geb?ude in Havannas Altstadt haben der kubanischen Hauptstadt den Titel "Weltkulturdenkmal der UNESCO" eingebracht. Hans Engels′ Fotografien geben ein eindrucksvolles Bild von dem architektonischen Reichtum der Stadt. Sie zeigen jedoch auch, da? Titel allein nicht vor dem Verfall bewahren. 78 Geb?ude hat Engels für den Band ausgew?hlt, alle aus dem 20. Jahrhundert, jedoch nur eines, das 1959, also w?hrend der Herrschaft Fidel Castros, gebaut wurde. Im Vorwort würdigt die amerikanische Architekturkritikerin Beth Dunlop die besondere Bildsprache von Hans Engels. Im Anhang erl?utert Maria Helena Martín Zequeira, eine auf Kuba geborene Architektin, die Stadtstruktur, beschreibt die Entwicklung Havannas seit Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts und stellt die architektonischen Schulen und ihre bedeutendsten Vertreter vor: Ekklektizisten, Art nouveau, Art deco und die kubanische Variante des katalanischen Modernismus. Die beiden kurzen Texte sind in relativ einfachem Englisch geschrieben. Zu jedem Foto finden sich im Anhang die wichtigsten Daten des Geb?udes und, soweit ermittelbar, der Name des Architekten. --Christian Demand

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简介：The Coming of a Native Son The Happy Family, waiting for the Sunday supper call, were grouped around the open door of the bunk-house, gossiping idly of things purely local, when the Old hIan returned from the Stock Association at Helena beside him on the buggy seat sat a stranger. The Old Man pulled up at the bunk- house, the stranger sprang out over the wheel with the agility which bespoke youthful muscles, and the Old Man introduced him with a quirk of the lips This is Mr. Mig-U-ell Rapponi, boys-a peeler straight from the Goldell Gate. Throw out your war-bag and make yourself to home, Mig-U-ell some of the boys will show you where to bed down. Flying U Ranch The Old Man drove on to the house with his own luggage, and Happy Jack followed to take charge of the team but the remainder of the Happy family unobtrusively took the measure of the foreign elemmt. From his black-and-white horsehair hat- band, with tassels that swept to the very edge of his gray hatbrim, to the crimson silk neckerchief draped over the pale blue bosom of his shirt from the beautifully stamped leather cuffs, down to the exaggerated height of his tau hot-heels, their critical eyes swept in swift, appraising glances and unanimous disapproval was the result. The Happy Family had themselves an eye to picturesque garb upon occasion, but this passed even Pinks love of display. Hes soine gaudy to look at, Irish murmured under his breath to Cal Emnrett. All he lacks is a spot-light and a brass band, Cal returned, in much the same tone with which a woman remarks upon a last seasons hat on the head of a rival. Flying U Ranch Miguel was not embarrassed by the inspection. He was tall, straight, and swarthily handsome, and he stood with the complacence of a stage favorite waiting for the applause to cease so that he might speak his first lines and, while he waited, he sifted tobacco into a cigarette paper daintily, with his little finger extended. There was a ring upon that finger a ring with a moonstone setting as large and round as the eye of a startled cat, and the Happy Family caught the pale gleam of it and drew a Iong breath. He lighted a match nonchalantly, by the artfully simple method of pinching the head of it with his fingernails, leaned negligently against the wall of the bunk-house, and regarded the group incuriously while he smoked, Any pretty girls up this way he inquired languidly, after a moment, fanning a thin smoke-cloud from before his face while he spoke. The Happy Family went prickly hot. The girls in that neighborhood were held in esteem, and there was that in his tone which gave offense. Flying U Ranch Sure, theres pretty girls here Big Medicine bellowed unexpectedly, close heside him. Were all of us engaged to em, by cripes hfiguel shot an oblique glance at Big Medicine, examined the end of his cigarette, and gave a Iift of shoulder, which might mean anything or nothing, and so was irritating to a degree...

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简介：Examines the case of Helena Greenwood, a young British DNA scientist who was sexually assaulted in her San Francisco cottage in 1984 and murdered a year later at her new home five hundred miles away, discussing how DNA evidence led to the conviction of her killer, Paul Frediani, fifteen years after the crime.

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 Helena Wall shows what life was like in colonial America, a culture where individuals and family were subordinated to the demands of the community. Using local town, church, and especially court records from every colony, she examines the division of authority between family and community throughout colonial America. Although this close relationship and its consequences for private life bred many tensions and conflicts, the premises and conditions of that interdependent association persisted even into the nineteenth century. Wall sketches the subsequent changes and outlines the new arrangements of family and community life as the colonies moved toward the formation of a new nation.  

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简介："L'optimisme est l'opium du genre humain?! L'esprit sain pue la connerie. Vive Trotski?!"?: première plaisanterie de Ludvik, qui lui vaut d'être exclu du Parti Communiste à l'unanimité. Seconde plaisanterie, de la vie cette fois?: des années après sa radiation, Ludvik tente de se venger d'un des membres du parti qui s'est montré particulièrement dur, en lui volant sa femme, qui s'avère ne plus lui appartenir depuis longtemps déjà. La vengeance a donc échoué. Cependant, d'une plaisanterie à l'autre, Kundera nous aura offert un bijou d'humour noir, mais aussi une réflexion brillamment illustrée sur l'unicité des choses et des êtres, ponctuée d'évocations superbes des coutumes moraves, d'incursions dans le monde absurde du totalitarisme communiste et d'introspections lucides. En alternant savamment les points de vue de Ludvik, Helena, Jaroslav et Kotska, Kundera semble nous signifier qu'au bout du compte, c'est l'idée même d'individu qui lui importe. --Sana Tang-Léopold Wauters

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简介：Now married to his beloved Helena Justina, Marcus Didius Falco is hired to take on a murder investigation that will require him and Helena to travel to Olympia, Greece, to uncover the truth about a series of disappearances.

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简介：Napoleon believed that war was a means to an end, not the end itself. With this in mind, Steven Englund focuses on the political, rather than the military or personal, aspects of Napoleon's notorious and celebrated life. Doingso permits him to arrive at some original conclusions. Forexample, where most biographers see this subject as a Corsican patriot who at first detested France, Englund sees a young officer deeply committed to a political event,idea, and opportunity (the French Revolution) -- not to any specific nationality. Indeed, Englund dissects carefully the political use Napoleon made, both as First Consul and as Emperor of the French, of patriotism, or "nation-talk." As Englund charts Napoleon's dramatic riseand fall -- from his Corsican boyhood, his French education, his astonishing military victories and no less astonishing acts of reform as First Consul (1799-1804) to his controversial record as Emperor and, finally, to his exile and death -- he is at particular pains to explore the unprecedented power Napoleon maintained over the popular imagination. Alone among recent biographers, Englund includes a chapter that analyzes the Napoleonic legend over the course of the past two centuries, down to the present-day French Republic, which has its own profound ambivalences toward this man whom it is afraid torecognize yet cannot avoid. Napoleon: A Political Life presents new consideration of Napoleon's adolescent and adult writings, as well as a convincing argument against the recent theory that the Emperor was poisoned at St. Helena. The book also offers an explanation of Napoleon's role as father of the "modern" in politics

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简介：This companion volume to Bishop's The Complete Poems: 1927-1979 is arranged in two parts -- stories and memoirs of persons and places, some of which were found among her papers after her death in 1979. Among the stories are: "In the Village," an account of a Nova Scotia childhood; "Gwendolyn," about the death of a little girl; "The Housekeepers," "The Sea & its Shore," "The Baptism," "The Farmer's Children" and "In Prison." The nonfiction pieces include her introduction to The Diary of "Helena Morley," an essay on primitive painter Gregorio Valdes, and a witty memoir of her mentor, Marianne Moore. The volume includes two priceless memoirs of her childhood "Primer Class" and "The Country Mouse," an account of her early adulthood in Key West in "Mercedes Hospital." The prose pieces help us distinguish the sources of the mysterious energies that issue only in her poetry, from those that emerge in personal narrative. ISBN 0-374-12628-3 :

TIM WALKER: STORY TELLER

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简介：Tim Walker is one of the most visually exciting photographers of our time. This book showcases many of his most dazzling images his daydreams turned into photographs, dating from around the last seven years of his career. Some of the biggest names in fashion and contemporary culture are here: Alber Elbaz sporting a pair of rabbit ears; Agyness Deyn in the sand dunes of Namibia; Alexander McQueen and a memento mori of skull and cigarettes; Helena Bonham Carter poised with Ray-Bans and a Diet Coke; Stella Tennant in a pink cloud among the rhododendrons of an English country garden The singer and musician Kate Bush contributes a foreword and Walker himself an afterword, as well as illuminating his pictures throughout with personal observations. This exceptional and beautifully designed overview of a career caught in mid-flow reveals just how much one mans singular vision has influenced contemporary tastes in fashion, beauty, glamour and portraiture.

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简介：TVS: Includes country profiles on Canada, Greenland, St. Pierre and Miquelon. TVS: Includes country profiles on Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Bahamas, Haiti, Jamica, Dominican Republic, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago. TVS: Includes country profiles on Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Falkland Islands and French Guiana. TVS: Includes country profiles on Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland. TVS: Includes country profiles on the United Kingdom and Ireland. TVS: Includes country profiles on France, Andorra and Monaco. TVS: Includes country profiles on Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. TVS: Includes country profiles on Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar. TVS: Includes country profiles on Italy, Vatican City, San Marino, Malta, Greece and Cyprus. TVS: Includes country profiles on Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Austria. TVS: Includes country profiles on Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Macedonia and Albania. TVS: Includes country profiles on Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belorussia, Ukraine, Moldavia, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghizia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. TVS: Includes country profiles on Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen. TVS: Includes country profiles on Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia. TVS: Includes country profiles on Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Seychelles, Sao Tome and Principe and Cape Verde. TVS: Includes country profiles on Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros, Mayotte, Reunion and St. Helena. TVS: Includes country profiles on India, Bhutan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka and the British Indian Ocean Territory. TVS: Includes country profiles on China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. TVS: Includes country profiles on Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei and Philippines. TVS: Includes country profiles on Japan, North Korea and South Korea. TVS: Includes country profiles on Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga, Western Samoa, Northern Marine Islands, Guam, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Midway Islands, American Samoa, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futura, French Polynesia and Antarctica.

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简介：Situated in the heart of London's Holland Park are the remains of Holland House-the site of what was once England's most celebrated political salon.In the first thirty years of the nineteenth century -when the Whig party were almost constantly out of office-the home of the third Lord Holland became the unofficial centre of the Opposition. Devoted to the ideals of Charles James Fox-the prominent Whig statesman who was also Lord Holland's uncle-and enriched by the progressive views of a new generation of writers,critics and politicians,the influence of Holland House permeated the political climate.Combining politics and the arts,the salon attracted the greatest names of the age-Byron,Thomas Macaulay,Talleyrand and Madame de Stael all dined at Holland House. At a time when revolutions threatened to engulf Europe,the Whig tradition of aristocratic liberalism-avoiding the extremes of radicalism and reaction-proved to be one of the chief factors in the peaceful achievement of parliamentary reform,epitomised by the Great Reform Act of 1832.The embodiment of this tradition was Holland House. The salon was presided over by Lady Holland-a magnetic hostess. Beautiful and clever she had left her much-older husband, Sir Godfrey Webster,to marry Lord Holland and as a result was ostracised in many London drawing rooms.But in Holland House,society would come to her. Lady Holland was in the thick of Whig discussions, occasionally following her own political line.She had a special passion for Napoleon and sent him over a thousand books in St Helena. Occupying a key position in the political and cultural life of the age,Holland House was a unique and important force at a time of great political change.Linda Kelly brings to life the colourful world of Holland House,providing a vivid portrait of London's greatest political salon.

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简介：Now a major musical film from Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper ("The King's Speech"), starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway, and also featuring Amanda Seyfreid, Helena Bonham-Carter and Sacha Baron-Cohen, Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables" is one of the great works of western literature. Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the dogged Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe). It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine (Anne Hathaway), driven to prostitution by poverty. Victor Hugo (1802-85) wrote volumes of criticism, Romantic costume dramas, satirical verse and political journalism but is best remembered for his novels, especially "Notre-Dame de Paris" (1831), also known as "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" and "Les Miserables" (1862) which was adapted into one of the most successful musicals of all time. "All human life is here". (Cameron Mackintosh, producer of the musical "Les Miserables"). "One of the half-dozen greatest novels of the world". (Upton Sinclair). "A great writer - inventive, witty, sly, innovatory". (A. S. Byatt, author of "Possession").

Charlie and the chocolate factory

作者：  (美)蒂姆·波顿（Tim Burton）导演;(美)约翰尼·德普（Johnny Depp），(美)海伦娜·博哈姆·卡特（Helena Bonham Carter），(美)杰米·福克斯（James Fox）主演

出版社：北京中录同方音像出版社,2005

简介：你将在威利·旺卡的糖果工厂里经历怎样的奇遇呢？你将在巧克力河上航行，或是被巨大的吸管吸到不知何方。你会在薄荷糖草地上跋涉，转眼又上了一艘巨大的蓝莓飞艇。你会遇见顽皮的欧帕伦帕人，还会被一支狂热的松鼠军团劫持……这里有大把的乐趣，配上少许的惊险以及与魔鬼蛋糕一样甜美而危险的探险的探险之旅…… 这部由蒂姆·波顿导演，约翰尼·德普、弗雷迪·海默主演的精彩影片改编自罗·达尔的经典儿童名著。它将成

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简介：Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Africa is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Take a refreshing dip at Victoria Falls, explore the ancient pyramids of Egypt, or take a walking safari in South Luangwa National Park; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Africa and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Africa Travel Guide: *Colour maps and images throughout *Highlights and itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests *Insider tips save you time and money, and help you get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots *Essential info at your fingertips - including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, and prices *Honest reviews for all budgets - including eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, and hidden gems that most guidebooks miss *Cultural insights give you a richer and more rewarding travel experience - including history, local customs, music and wildlife *Over 235 maps *Useful features- including Month by Month (annual festival calendar), Itineraries (suggested routes that maximise your time and money), and Planning Safaris *Coverage of Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Egypt, the Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Africa, our most comprehensive guide to Africa, is perfect for those planning to both explore the top sights and take the road less travelled. * Looking for just a few of the destinations included in this guide? Check out the relevant Lonely Planet Travel Guides, our most comprehensive guides that both cover the top sights and take the roads less travelled. Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Simon Richmond, Kate Armstrong, Stuart Butler, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Paul Clammer, Lucy Corne, Jane Cornwell, Emilie Filou, Mary Fitzpatrick, Michael Grosberg, Anthony Ham, Trent Holden, Jessica Lee, Nana Luckham, Tom Masters, Alan Murphy, Anja Mutic, Nick Ray, Caroline Sieg, Helena Smith, Dean Starnes, Kate Thomas, Richard Waters, Donna Wheeler and Vanessa Wruble. About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in. TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - The New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' -Fairfax Media (Australia)

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简介：Ferns existing today represent a genetic inheritance of great value as they include species of ancient vascular plants, which have direct connection with the crucial steps done in the past for settling life on Earth. Their life cycle is an example of alternation of generations, in which both a multicellular diploid organism and a multicellular haploid organism occur and give rise to the other. Spore, gametophyte and sporophyte have been studied either for basic and practical purposes. In the first case, they offer us simple and easy to grow experimental systems to investigate on plant development, and secondly, they are culture by their ornamental appeal, their environmental benefit or as source of metabolites. This timely volume brings a selection of chapters, each one composed by experts in their respective fields. The chapters included cover a broad range from the knowledge of its biology and contribution to understanding of plant development, useful protocols for propagation and conservation purposes, genetic variability as well as environmental and theurapeutical applications. This wide spectrum of the contributions gives to reader a rapid idea of the enormous potential of this plant group. The originality of this book is to expose the most recent tendencies in their investigation, which is far from the traditional perspective usually followed. The collected articles in this volume incorporate most of novel techniques used nowadays routinely to resolve traditional questions. Ashwani Kumar Professor, Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. The author鈥檚 repertoire of published works spreads across 150 research articles in various national and international journals. He has an experience of over three decades in his field of research, namely, tissue culture and biochemistry, being awarded with prestigeous V. Puri Medal in 2008 for his services to advancement of Botany. Helena Fern谩ndez Associate Professor, Department of Biology of Organisms and Systems, Oviedo University, Spain. Her research focuses on micropropagation and reproduction in ferns during the two last decades. In 2002 she obtained the award 鈥淩am贸n y Cajal鈥?by The Ministry of Science and Technology, being engaged to the Oviedo University as tenurer, full time, in the Area of Plant Physiology since then. M. Angeles Revilla Plant Physioloy Assistant Professor in the Biology Faculty at the Oviedo University (Spain) since 1987. Twenty years experience in plant tissue culture. She has also worked in cryopreservation and genetic stability for the last ten years, mainly in the development of protocols for in vitro shoot apices in agronomic species.

Fashion designers at the opera /

作者：  Helena Matheopoulos.

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 Fashion and opera are natural arenas for collaboration. In 2009-2010 alone, Viktor & Rolf, Miuccia Prada, Emanuel Ungaro, and Christian Lacroix made successful sorties as costumers for operas in New York, Baden-Baden, Naples, and Berlin. In this sumptuous new book, leading figures in the world of fashion- Giorgio Armani, Marc Bohan, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, Ottavio and Rosita Missoni, Miuccia Prada, Zandra Rhodes, Emanuel Ungaro, Gianni Versace, and Viktor & Rolf-are profiled, together with illustrations of their costume designs. Helena Matheopoulos's interviews with many of the designers illuminate the journey that led each to the opera and the challenges of working in a demanding new medium. Costume designs for many well-loved operas-including Don Giovanni, Lucia di Lammermoor, Carmen, Aida, Thai?s, Agrippina, Cosi` fan tutte, Attila, and The Magic Flute-are featured. The opera houses commissioning the costume designs include La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the The?a^tre Royal de la Monnaie, the Are`nes de Ni^mes, the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, and the San Diego Opera, among many others. Hundreds of color illustrations include original designers' sketches, photographs of the finished costumes, and images of the actual productions, many of which feature breathtaking stage sets as well.   Publisher Summary 2 The most theatrical of arts inspires the most visionary fashion designers to create extraordinary costumes for extraordinary productions: a glorious book for fashionistas and opera fans.  

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 Designed for a general, intelligent, popular readership as well as for scholars and aficionados working in the area, the second issue of Arena aims to provide general insights into the role of the anarchist in fiction, both as protagonist and author. Highlights include: David Weir's essay "Anarchist Fiction, Anarchist Sensibilities," on the progenitor of anarchist fiction, William Godwin's Caleb Williams, published in 1794. "Epic Pooh," a newly updated revision of a 1978 article by Michael Moorcock reviewing epic fantasy literature for children, particularly J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Santo Catanuto's recently discovered information on the literary side of the Communard Louise Michel, indicating that she was the author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Stephen Schwartz on the arc of French writer Leo Malet from anarchist to Arabophobe. Ernest Larsen's short story "Bakunin at the Beach," about Mr. and Mrs. Bakunin holidaying at Lake Maggiore under the watchful eyes of Inspector Dupin of the Swiss Department of Justice and Police. Joseph Conrad's short story "An Anarchist: A Desperate Tale," republished here from A Set of Six (1908). "Anarchists in Fiction," a collection of idiosyncratic reviews of books in which anarchists are portrayed as an eclectic group of villains and criminal degenerates. Finally, we conclude this second issue of Arena with an article by our cinema editor Richard Porton on Dusan Makavejev's playful, allusive 1971 film WR: Mysteries of the Organism.   Publisher Summary 2 Tapping into the rich seam of anarchist and libertarian聽currents聽in noir fiction, this collection聽of essays explores聽fictional atmospheres that are dark and sinister?but not without hope. The protagonists of these works聽are often profoundly聽flawed but聽have something of the romantic optimist about them?men and women driven to face moral challenges and to do battle with the forces of evil or聽banality.聽Among the聽authors discussed聽are Stig Dagerman, Andre Helena, Leo Malet, George Navel, Jean-Marc Raynaud, Leda Rafanelli, B. Traven, and Simone Weil.聽Also included are an analysis by Agustin Guillamon of Miguel Mir's Entre El Roig I El Negre, Massimo Ortalli's聽discussion of The Regeneration of an Anarchist, and聽essays by聽Simon Watson Taylor and Stephen Schwartz聽on the relationship between surrealism and anarchism.